Students from seven leading mainland Chinese universities, including two Olympic champions, will visit Taiwan later this month at the invitation of the island’s former leader Ma Ying-jeou. According to Ma Ying-jeou Foundation director Hsiao Hsu-tsen, the 40-strong delegation of students and faculty members will arrive in Taiwan on November 27 for a nine-day visit. The … Read more
Taiwan-based printed circuit board (PCB) maker APCB expects to discontinue production in the island by the end of the year and lay off hundreds of employees, as the company shifts manufacturing to a subsidiary in mainland China. Production in Taiwan will cease from December 25, following three consecutive years of losses for APCB’s plants on … Read more
A senior executive from one of Taiwan’s biggest industrial conglomerates has been banned from leaving mainland China since arriving in Shanghai for a visit more than two weeks ago. The unnamed executive from Formosa Plastics Group landed at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on a flight from Taipei on September 1, and was immediately detained by … Read more
It is the first visit by representatives of prominent American arms suppliers, such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, since William Lai Ching-te took office as the island’s leader on May 20. The visit is expected to provoke Beijing, which has repeatedly warned Washington against supplying weapons to Taipei. The group, accompanied by former US Marine … Read more
